Illustrator can also do color, you can pretty much customize how it looks. It takes your raster image and traces it into a vector shape (thousands of them). I will admit though that for 50 bucks you cant go wrong with that app.

Gimp is great if you dont have the money for PS or just dont like how PS works, but from a personal stand point I use PS everyday at work I cant stand to use the gimp. I find its layout and lack of more advanced features a real turn off. The way it does really subtle things really bothers me. However its been quite a while since I actually used Gimp.

Gimp is great if you dont have the money for PS or just dont like how PS works, but from a personal stand point I use PS everyday at work I cant stand to use the gimp. I find its layout and lack of more advanced features a real turn off. The way it does really subtle things really bothers me. However its been quite a while since I actually used Gimp.

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I can't figure out how to use Photo Shop or even Paint Shop Pro by Jasc.